Bitdeer’s Clarington Lawsuit, $IREN’s MSCI Index Listing, and Bitcoin’s Quantum Step

Colin and Charlie join us to talk about a wild week in Bitcoin. We dive into the $16,000 price “puke” and whether we’ve hit a local bottom, explore Bitdeer’s legal snag at their Ohio AI flagship site, and discuss IREN’s inclusion in the MSCI USA index. We also break down the historic six-out-of-seven negative difficulty adjustments—the first since 2011—and tackle the “ontology of time” and quantum resistance.

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Notes:

* Bitcoin lost $16,000 within 12 hours last week.

* BTC saw a historic 21% daily price drawdown.

* Bitdeer’s Ohio site has 570MW allocated.

* 6 of last 7 difficulty adjustments were negative.

* IREN to join MSCI USA index on March 2nd.

* Bitcoin hash price recovered to roughly $35/PH.

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